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Sign up for a Global2 blog
DEECD through Global2 provide blog hosting for Victorian Schools. Sign up here: @http://global2.vic.edu.au/wp-signup.php Read Getting Started With Global2.pdf here: @http://www.box.com/shared/3o9cjblcmbdma27vlm3x

**Create your own blog:**
In order to set up blogs for your students you'll need to initially create your own blog. @http://global2.vic.edu.au/wp-signup.php takes you to the create a new blog page. All you'll need to do is enter the user name you want for your blog and to supply an edu.vic.gov.au email address.

**Create your student's blogs:**
Once you've created your own blog log in and go to the //dashboard// of your new site. On the left hand side scroll down to the **Users** sub heading. Click on the //Blog & User Creator// page (if you can't see this first open up the **Users** drop menu). There are three choices on this page: On the //create blogs// page you can create multiple blogs at the same time:
 * //add new users// (to your blog)
 * //add existing users// (add current global2 bloggers to your site)
 * //create blogs// (use this page to create student blogs)
 * Leave the information in the grey box as is. This will set both you and the student as administrators of their blog.
 * Step 1 ** Choose a role for your new users on ** their ** blog Administrator Required
 * Step 2 ** Choose a role for your new user on **this** blog Subscriber Required
 * Step 3 ** Choose your role on the new blog Administrator Required
 * Next fill in the //Username.// At MPCS the //Username// is the student's first name plus the year they get their blog (sally2011) if there is more than one student of that name in that year level add the first initial of their surname (sallym2011), do not use full surnames.
 * //Fill in the User Email.// When students move to year 3 they'll be given a school email account, use this as their //User Email.// It'll be their **surname.initial****@mpc.vic.edu.au **
 * Fill in the //Blog URL// boxes for each student. Same as //Username//, this will be what appears in the address bar and cannot be changed later.
 * Leave out //User Password//, global2 will generate this, and the //Blog Title//, this will be the same as the Username and can be changed at any time.
 * Repeat the last three steps for all required students. The page has space for 5 students, to add more click on the Add More button at the bottom of the page (each time you do this you'll be given space for 5 more students at a time.
 * Once you've filled in the details for each student click on generate blogs. Your students will be sent their user name and passwords to their school email account. As you also have administrator rights their blogs will also appear in your dashboard under your list of **My Sites**, when you are logged into you site you'll also be logged into their sites.

**Move your student's blogs to a new classroom teacher:**
Go to the //dashboard// of your student's site (not yours site). On the left hand side scroll down to the **Users** sub heading. Click on //Add User// (if you can't see this first open up the **Users** drop menu). On this page you can give the student's new teacher administration rights to their blog. All you need is their edumail address. Choose **Add Existing User** as they should already have a global2 blog.

**Remove your student's administration rights from their blog:**
Once a student leaves MPCS you can remove their right to access and edit their blog. Go to the //dashboard// of your student's site (not yours site). On the left hand side scroll down to the **Users** sub heading. Click on the //All Users//page (if you can't see this first open up the **Users** drop menu). When you roll over the student's name, under the list of users, you'll see a remove button. Click on this then click on confirm. This will not delete the blog it just means they can not edit they site.